# יָאַשׁ (yaash)

Israeli respelling: ya-ash. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2976. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond

King James renderings: (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/yaash-h2976

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 27:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/1) — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily esc…
- [Job 6:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/26) — Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
- [Ecclesiastes 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/20) — Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
- [Isaiah 57:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/10) — Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou…
- [Jeremiah 2:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/25) — Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and aft…
- [Jeremiah 18:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/12) — And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.